Unit 1: Programming

Unit code: D/615/1618

Unit level: 4

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 FUNCTIONS
OVERLOADING
With method overloading,
multiple methods can have
the same name with different
parameters

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 There are 3 ways to overload the method in
java
WAYS TO ▪ By changing number of parameters
▪ By changing the data type of the
OVERLOAD A parameters
METHOD ▪ By changing the order of the parameters (if
different datatypes are involved)

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 ▪ Overloading is related
to polymorphism
(later in the course)

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 ▪ Overloading Improves
readability

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 ▪ Instead of defining two methods that
should do the same thing, it is better
to overload one.

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 This is how method
overload looks in
the IDE

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